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Articles from May 10, 2002

Apaches Blanked in Final

Byline: Bill Wesselhoff, Times-Union correspondent TAMPA -- Community School of Naples pitcher Whitney Stites fired a two-hit shutout to help down Arlington Country Day 4-0 in the Class A state championship softball game yesterday at Ed Radice Sports...

Byline: Ivette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer ********** CORRECTION May 11, 2002 Jacksonville's Art in Public Places Commission includes two members that are minorities. Because of a reporter's error, a story on Page A-1 yesterday said there...

Byline: Veronica Chapin, Times-Union staff writer A man wanted for the Wednesday morning robbery at the Shands Jacksonville SouthTrust Bank turned himself in to police yesterday, saying his conscience got the best of him. Charles Ronald Hounshell...

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union movie writer In The New Guy, opening today, actress Eliza Dushku takes on a different sort of role -- for her. "I play Danielle, the head cheerleader with a heart of gold," she says. Dushku enjoys saying that...

Byline: Michael DiRocco , Times-Union sports writer BELL SIGNS The Florida baseball team added a third signee to its spring signing class yesterday after Jupiter High School pitcher Derek Bell signed a letter-of-intent. The right-handed Bell...

Byline: Jeff Walker, Times-Union sports writer The Jacksonville Tomcats are 1-3 and in last place in the American Conference's South Division, but that is the least of their problems. What has to be troubling coach Ernest Wilson most is the team's...

QUOTE, UNQUOTE "I don't think my privacy is hurt." -- Xing Zhi Luo, a University of Georgia international student, on Immigration and Naturalization Service plans for a national tracking system. Story, this page. LIGHT MUSIC The Fifth Street...

Byline: Nick Marino, Times-Union music writer If I had saved all the money I've spent on blank tapes and CDs over the years, I'd have enough to feed Nelly Furtado for a whole year. But I haven't saved it -- I've blown it in pursuit of great homemade...

Byline: Mark Woods, Times-Union sports columnist Mike Smith likes boxing. He has ever since he was a kid. In his house, you'll find a trophy from a Toughman Competition he won at the Coliseum in 1980. So when his 27-year-old son called and said...

Byline: Belinda Hulin, Times-Union staff writer Thai is the quintessential fusion cuisine, folding ingredients from the Western Hemisphere -- peanuts and fiery chilies -- into dishes built on the Asian dietary staples of rice, noodles and fish....

Byline: Jeff Elliott, Times-Union sports writer The Jacksonville University athletics department will likely announce within the next week that it is moving all of its radio sports packages to a radio station located within a stone's throw of the...

Byline: Alliniece T. Andino, Times-Union staff writer He hears "faggot," "gay" and "queer" in the classroom all the time. Teachers hear the taunts as well but do or say nothing, said Chad White, a 16-year-old who attends Englewood High School...

Byline: Michael DiRocco, Times-Union sports writer GAINESVILLE -- Ross Jones was plenty worried in January. And Florida's pitching coach had a long list of concerns. There wasn't a pitcher on the staff who had any innings in a Southeastern Conference...

Byline: Gordon Jackson, Times-Union staff writer FARGO -- Billows of smoke hung in the sky like clouds near Fargo yesterday, a sobering reminder of two wildfires burning on either side of nearby Stephen Foster State Park. But residents of the...

Byline: Terry Dickson, Times-Union staff writer BRUNSWICK -- Catching fish is a mixture of luck and skill. The annual fishing rodeo for the disabled at Two-Way Fish Camp yesterday gave them a chance to try. More than 200 disabled adults and...

Byline: Garry Smits, Times-Union sports writer The United States Golf Association and the Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club have adopted a uniform standard for golf equipment, establishing separate guidelines for professional and recreational golf for...

Byline: Ronald L. Littlepage, Times-Union columnist Florida voters are stupid. Gov. Jeb Bush and Republican legislative leaders must think so. That's certainly the message they are sending by pushing a law that would require that proposed...

Byline: Nancy McAlister, Times-Union staff writer Dinotopia, the story of a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans peacefully coexist, makes its debut Sunday as what ABC is calling a "megaseries." The three-part, six-hour production is, in...

QUOTE, UNQUOTE "Right now, there's this compulsion to lock people up and throw away the key." -- Public Defender Ann Finnell on what she sees as an overzealous justice system in Jacksonville. Story, this page. GRAHAM SIGNS ON U.S. Sen....

Jazz Fest Back -- in Transition Piano Contest in Fall, Full Show in Spring

Byline: Nick Marino, Times-Union staff writer In the wake of a St. Augustine group announcing an ambitious jazz festival of its own, Jacksonville City Hall yesterday revealed its tentative plans for the future of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival,...

Byline: Earl Daniels, Times-Union business writer BMW's decision to build an $8.1 million parts distribution center in Jacksonville is still in neutral. Yesterday's unanimous vote by members of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission...

There is no acceptable excuse for the U.S. Senate's refusal to act on judicial appointments. One year ago yesterday, President Bush nominated 11 people to the bench. The Senate has gotten around to acting on just three of them. Overall, it has confirmed...

Life's a Cabaret at Cummer It's Party Time for Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibit at Museum

Byline: Ivette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec knew a little something about fun. So it's fitting that the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is using the arrival of an exhibit of Toulouse-Lautrec's works to kick-start...

Byline: Karen Brune Mathis, Times-Union senior business writer Incentives for Southside? Public discussion continued yesterday on whether the city should extend economic incentives to fast-growing Southside, where Mayor John Delaney and the Jacksonville...

Byline: Jeff Walker, Times-Union sports writer Jacksonville's newest minor league hockey franchise almost had a touch of golf in it. The Barracudas, one of six teams in the newly formed Atlantic Coast Hockey League, unveiled their team logo and...

Old Fixtures Get New Look in Riverside This Old Warehouse Is Part of the Area's Revitalization

Byline: Christopher Calnan, Times-Union business writer Don't look for any avocado-green shag carpeting or chairs of molded plastic. This Old Warehouse, a new store in Riverside, has none of that. The former plumbing supply warehouse now stocks...

Byline: Teneshia L. Wright, Times-Union sports writer A month and a half after collecting seven hits off Longwood College lefty Jennifer Potts in a 5-0 victory, the University of North Florida taught the junior pitcher another lesson yesterday in...

Byline: Dana Treen, Times-Union staff writer The father of a 12-year-old Jacksonville girl bitten by two dogs at school two weeks ago said yesterday he was angered when he learned the two mixed-breed pit bulls had been returned to their owner this...

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union staff writer A look beyond the New Release shelves for a film worth a second - or maybe your first - look. Diane Lane has been the best thing about almost every movie she's been in, but she still isn't a big...

Byline: Rich Tucker, Times-Union staff writer Ann Finnell believes the Brenton Butler case was about more than a teenager falsely accused of murder. She says it was a glimpse of the racial discrimination she fears is endemic to Jacksonville. ...

Byline: Jim Saunders, Times-Union staff writer TALLAHASSEE -- State budget negotiators have agreed to spend $20 million next year on Jacksonville's bid for a DaimlerChrysler van plant and to funnel millions of extra dollars to troubled Shands Jacksonville...

Byline: Ivette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer After six years, you'd think The Vagina Monologues would no longer raise eyebrows. But when we used a few euphemisms for the ultimate private part in this story, our editors' eyebrows rose right...

Byline: Mark Basch, Times-Union staff writer If you want to watch WWF Smackdown, Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The Hughleys, you're going to have to stay up later starting in July. Or maybe just remember to set your VCR. Clear Channel Communications...

Byline: David Bauerlein, Times-Union staff writer The maximum tax rebates for building the new interchange at Interstate 95 and St. Augustine Road in Mandarin would rise to $22 million in a proposal OK'd yesterday by the Jacksonville Economic Development...

SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW: PART II 10 Enticing Hopefuls, without as Much Hype

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union movie writer Last week we looked at 10 movies expected to be blockbusters this summer. Now we'll take a peek at 10 others that might not make as much money, but look as if they stand a good chance of being rewarding....

Byline: Yvette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer We're in for a treat. A few treats. The FCCJ Artist Series recently announced its Broadway lineup for next year, and on deck are four musicals that will have you laughing, singing and quite possibly...

'The New Guy' Could Use Some Pointers Flat Teen Comedy Is Fairly Forgettable

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union movie writer Quick quiz: A high-school principal on the potty --funny? Or not funny? That'll tell you whether you'll like The New Guy, a throwaway teen comedy that doesn't take itself seriously for even a minute....

Thinking Fast on Their Feet for Fun Improv Troupe Runs with Audience Ideas

Byline: Ivette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer You make some noise; they'll make some laughs. Improv Jacksonville, the city's only improvisational comedy troupe, conjures up instant funnies with the help of the audience every Monday night at...

WE'RE JUST DYING TO KNOW Last night, ER's Dr. Mark Greene (above) breathed his last. Which leads us to ask two questions: What TV character, on any show past or present, died too soon? or, What TV character, on any show past or present, has had...

'Unfaithful' Leads Her to Temptation Diane Lane Stellar in a Slick, Tangled Tale of Infidelity

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union movie writer Unfaithful is the latest exploration of sexual infidelity by filmmaker Adrian Lyne, who certainly seems to think about it a lot: He also made Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks and Indecent Proposal. ...

Byline: Sarah Skidmore, Times-Union business writer Jacksonville may have a new free clinic next year to provide care for the working poor. A local retired physician, Jim Burt, is spearheading an effort to open a Jacksonville clinic as part of...

When Your Famous Father Is Your Musical Guru . . . You Follow Path of the Sitar Man

Byline: Nick Marino, Times-Union music writer With buttery good looks, a buoyant personality and impeccable musical pedigree, Anoushka Shankar has entered this century as perhaps the world's second-leading ambassador of the sitar. Shankar will...

WHERE'S THE ART? City's 5-Year-Old Purchase Program Lacked Funds, Guidance -- until Now

Byline: David DeCamp, Times-Union staff writer Nearly five years after City Hall began a publicly funded program to buy art, Jacksonville has not a piece to show for it. The Art in Public Places Fund has suffered from little funding, and a master...

Byline: Matt Soergel, Times-Union movie writer Y Tu Mama Tambien is a deceptively simple story about two teenage boys who take a sexy, sad, older woman to a mythical Mexican beach. The boys, frankly, hope she'll have sex with them. She might....